Wesselsbron disease

Wesselsbron disease
a viral disease of sheep and cattle in southern Africa, resembling Rift Valley fever but caused by a flavivirus. It causes death in newborn lambs and abortion in cows and ewes; human infection results in mild febrile illness.

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